Preventing console window from closing on Visual Studio C/C++ Console application

Question

This is a probably an embarasing question as no doubt the answer is blindingly obvious.

I\'ve used Visual Studio for years, but this is the first time I\'ve done any

Answer 1

Currently there is no way to do this with apps running in WSL2. However there are two work-arounds:

1. The debug window retains the contents of the WSL shell window that closed.

2. The window remains open if your application returns a non-zero return code, so you could return non-zero in debug builds for example.